Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. Huntley" <leicam6@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Digital, film, scanning comparisons


(snip earlier)

> > That said, the feel is very different from prints made from scans of
8x10
> > and 4x5 negs. I think it is simply a matter of how much fine detail is
> > recorded and can be gotten onto a piece of paper. Prints from 35mm are
> much
> > different from prints from LF too but I like work from both formats.
>
> Agreed. On a slightly off-topic comment...back when I produced only
contact
> prints from my 8x10 negs (I could not afford the cost of enlarging
equipment
> for this size neg) I always felt that "something" was at work during image
> capture due to the viewing of your subject at actual print size. To this
> day, I continue to marvel at the projected image on an 8x10 ground glass.

Alan,

I remember Morley Baer letting me look through his old 8x10 and it was a
real eye opener in comparison to the puny 4x5 I was working with. I never
went to 8x10 due to the enlarger barrier but now with digital the economics
shift and 8x10 lends itself to less expensive scanning solutions than 4x5.

Martin